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Hardcore Fans, Here Are Some Perfect Festivals For You

March 15, 2016

For the uninitiated, hardcore is a genre that revolves around distorted basses and extremely hard kicks, with song tempos ranging from around 150 BPM to more than 200 BPM. As a genre, hardcore has been aroun...

Have You Heard Of The Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras?

Sanskriti Shukla

March 2, 2016

Culture, FS Features

One of the biggest festivals to happen in Australia this year, this Sydney festival is all about letting go and loving yourself. The Sherp has encountered some pretty weird festivals in his quest to find the...

Private Pill Testing At Australian Festivals Faces Government Opposition

Brij Dalvi

March 1, 2016

FS News, International

As the Australian music festival scene tries to recover from a plague of issues in recent times, two experts have taken it upon themselves to sort out the rampant drug issue by initiating trial runs of drug tes...

Download Festival May Be Expanding To Australia

Anupama Khedkar

February 15, 2016

FS News, Rumours

Could the massive England festival be making its way to Australia? The Sherp speculates. Taking place in Leicestershire every year, download festival is a great bevy of awesome music and its fans. Download -...

This Aftermovie Will Make You Want To Be In Australia This Year!

Mohit Thakkar

January 22, 2016

FS News, International

The Australian festival jinx was briefly interrupted by the beautiful and wildly successful Lost Paradise festival. This new year gave rise to a festival that was an absolute fan favourite, namely the Lost P...

A Famous Australian Music Festival Is Allegedly Causing Koala Deaths

Mohit Thakkar

January 21, 2016

FS News, International

It is high time for music festivals to take responsibility for their natural surroundings. Humans have a tendency to disrupt nature wherever they go and most often for the worse. According to reports from Dr...

Woman Petitions For Pill Testing At Festivals In Australia After Her Son’s Death

Anupama Khedkar

January 19, 2016

FS News

After losing her son to suspected drug abuse at a music festival, this woman launched a petition, urging people to support pill-testing at festivals in Australia. There have been many deaths in the past yea...

Crowdfunded Australian Festival ‘Legion’ Cancelled

Mohit Thakkar

January 18, 2016

FS News, International

Another one bites the dust. The cancellation of Soundwave had sparked a huge campaign for a crowdfunded heavy music festival dubbed Legion but it seems the festival which was originally slated to debut this ...

The Australian Music Festival Jinx Continues As Another Festival Is Cancelled

Mohit Thakkar

January 8, 2016

FS News, International

The Australian music festival scene has only been going downhill since the past year and it seems like it just cannot catch a break. Australian festivals were riddled with issues in 2015 such as multiple dea...

20 Pictures From Beyond The Valley ’15 That Will Make You Wish You Were There

Anupama Khedkar

January 8, 2016

FS Features

Here's a look at the latest edition of this gorgeous Australian festival. One of the most anticipated New Year's Eve festivals in Australia, Beyond The Valley just completed its 2015 edition with the end of...

An Elvis Tribute Festival That Embodies The True Spirit of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Mohit Thakkar

January 6, 2016

FS News, International

Every year at the Parkes Elvis Festival, fans celebrate the legend and music of Elvis Presley in Parkes, a town in New South Wales, Australia. Everybody adores the King of Rock and Roll but some more than ot...

The FOMO Festival Is Here To Make Sure You Never Miss Out On Anything Fun

Meher Manda

January 5, 2016

FS Features

Making its debut this year is every millennial's wet dream, the festival of FOMO, which makes sure your fear of missing out is averted at all costs. FOMO might sound like just another internet slang to cynic...

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